1 Cuando Isbaal, hijo de Saúl, supo que había muerto Abner en Hebrón, desfallecieron sus manos y todo Israel quedo consternado. | 1 And Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened, and all Israel was troubled. |
2 Estaban con Isbaal, hijo de Saúl, dos hombres, jefes de banda, uno llamado Baaná y el otro Rekab, hijos de Rimmón de Beerot, benjaminitas, porque también Beerot se considera de Benjamín. | 2 Now the son of Saul had two men captains of his bands, the name of the one was Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Remmon a Berothite of the children of Benjamin: for Beroth also was reckoned in Benjamin. |
3 Los habitantes de Beerot habían huido a Guittáyim, donde se han quedado hasta el día de hoy como forasteros residentes. | 3 And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and were sojourners there until that time. |
4 Tenía Jonatán, hijo de Saúl, un hijo tullido de pies. Tenía cinco años cuando llegó de Yizreel la noticia de lo de Saúl y Jonatán; su nodriza le tomó y huyó, pero con la prisa de la fuga, cayó y se quedó cojo. Se llamaba Meribbaal. | 4 And Jonathan the son of Saul bad a son that was lame of his feet: for he was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezrahel. And his nurse took him up and fled: and as she made haste to flee, he fell and became lame: and his name was Miphiboseth. |
5 Se pusieron en camino Rekab y Baaná, hijos de Rimmón de Beerot, y llegaron a casa de Isbaal con el calor del día, cuando dormía la siesta. | 5 And the sons of Remmon the Berothite, Rechab and Baana coming, went into the house of Isboseth in the heat of the day: and he was sleeping upon his bed at noon. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleansing wheat, was fallen asleep. |
6 Entraron en la casa. La portera se había dormido mientras limpiaba el trigo. Rekab y su hermano Baaná se deslizaron cautelosamente | 6 And they entered into the house secretly taking ears of corn, and Rechab and Baana his brother stabbed him in the groin, and fled away. |
7 y entraron en la casa; estaba Isbaal acostado en su lecho, en su dormitorio; le hirieron y le mataron; luego le cortaron la cabeza y tomándola caminaron toda la noche por la ruta de la Arabá. | 7 For when they came into the house, be was sleeping upon his bed in a parlour, and they struck him and killed him: and taking away his head they went off by the way of the wilderness, walking all night. |
8 Llevaron la cabeza de Isbaal a David, en Hebrón, y dijeron al rey: «Aquí tienes la cabeza de Isbaal, hijo de Saúl, tu enemigo, el que buscó tu muerte. Hoy ha concedido Yahveh a mi señor el rey venganza sobre Saúl y sobre su descendencia». | 8 And they brought the head of Isboseth to David to Hebron: and they said to the king: Behold the head of Isboseth the son of Saul thy enemy who sought thy life: and the Lord hath revenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. |
9 Respondió David a Rekab y a su hermano Baaná, hijos de Rimmón de Beerot, y les dijo: «¡Vive Yahveh, que ha librado mi alma de toda angustia! | 9 But David answered Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress, |
10 Al que me anunció que Saúl había muerto, creyendo que me daba buena noticia, le agarré y ordené matarle en Siquelag dándole este pago por su buena noticia; | 10 The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehended, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been rewarded for his news. |
11 ¿cuánto más ahora que hombres malvados han dado muerte a un hombre justo en su casa y en su lecho no os voy a pedir cuenta de su sangre, exterminándoos de la tierra?» | 11 How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth? |
12 Y David dio una orden a sus muchachos, que los mataron, les cortaron las manos y los pies y los colgaron junto a la alberca de Hebrón. Tomaron la cabeza de Isbaal y la sepultaron en el sepulcro de Abner, en Hebrón. | 12 And David commanded his servants and they slew them: and cutting off their hands and feet, hanged them up over the pool in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth they took and buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. |